Whitney: Meaning and Definition of

Whit•ney

1. 1765–1825, U.S. manufacturer and inventor.
2. 1904–82, U.S. diplomat and newspaper publisher.
3. 1819–96, U.S. geologist.
4. 1827–94, U.S. philologist and lexicographer (brother of Josiah Dwight).
5. a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,495 ft. (4418 m).
6. a male given name.